Multiple-signal transmitter.



C. E. BEACH.

MULTIPLE SIGNAL TRANSMITTER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 3, 1911.

1,067,711. Patented July 15, 1913.

R Z WM W 0 W I hwy/W My I k m UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

"-LA.RlSJNCE E. BEACH, OF BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO GEORGE O. KNAPR OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MULTIPLE-SIGNAL TRANSIVIITTER.

,Qb {ZZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, CLARENCE E. BEACH, 'a citizen of the United States, residing at Binghamton, in the county of Broome and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Multiple- Signal Transmitters, of which the following is a specification.

vMy invention relates'to a multiple signal transmitter and has for its object to provide such a device, with improved selective mechanism for determining the particular signal to be sent; to provide improved means for operating said selective mechanism; to provide improved means for restoring the mechanism to itsoriginal position after a signal has been sent; to. provide a form of mechanism enabling the particular signals to be abnttfor any or all given settings to be quickly and easily changed without making any alteration in any of the vide, such construction as Wlll enable the character wheels of different boxesto. be readily exchanged; to provide such construction as will enable the character'wheels to be economically produced by permitting the portions of character wheels for roduc; ing each of the special signals to e produced for a number of boxes simultaneously 'while permitting the station designating signal for each box to be produced by a single operation; and also to provide such iuu'n'ored mm'hunism as to enable it to be readily applied to any signal box of ordinary ronstrm-lion such as is employed for filij' :ilnrm nlul district telegraph signaling.

Referring to the arroinpnnying drawings: Figure l is n plno view of the signnthox lncrhimisni: l ig. J is a side ell-nation: Fig.

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and sissorlnled rlrruibopernling devices: Fig. 4 shows dlugriunmutirully tluperiphcry of lhr rhururlrr-vghoelx developed on n )luno surl'ur Fig. 5 his front view. partly broken uwuy, oi the dial and slgunliiox: and Fig, ll is n drtuii view of the dial-re storing nnwhunism.

As shown in Fig. 1, plates 8. ll are secured together by posts 10, and mounted Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 3, 1911.

arts; to pro- Patented July 15, 1913. Serial No. "31,098.

notches on each wheel being arranged so' that each wheel will cause a distinctive signal to be transmitted. Pivoted to the frame 9, on a stud shaft 9 is a series of tracer arms F), each having a depending lug a, and an upstanding lug 0. These lugs are selectively arranged, 2'. 6,, they are so arranged that the bar 2', which may be termed the selecting device, may be moved to engage with a lug on any one of the bars and be operated by it without interference with any other lug and its bar. Also pivoted-to the shaft q is an arm at having a lug Zior operating a circuit controller consisting of a spring contact f which normally tends to separate from a contact f, the two contacts being carried by an insulating block 9, terminals of the signaling circuit being connected to the contacts 1, f.

Arranged between the arms I) and d is the selecting device or bar 2' extending transversely across the series of arms 5 and secured to the end of a link It pivoted to the end of an arm it: which is in turn picvoted to the frame at k and provided with a re-' truoting spring is. A cam e mounted on a shaft (3, having a returning spring-c, engages the arm k, and when rotated causes the selector bur i to rest on one or the other oi the lugs r, the position of the rod being accurately determined by the engagement of the corresponding pin m (a series of such pins being located on the back of the cumplul a) with n spring bar it having a curved ln-nd therein. the spring n being secured at ourend to the bloclcn', which is fastened to the frumc. The shaft 6 carries at its onlrr end a pointer-arm 1'. which when moved (see Fig. 5) tonne of the points indirnlrd on the dial 8 causes the shaft to rotate the and thereby disengages spring n from pin m, whereupon the restoring spring e" rotates the shaft 6 until a pin 30, secured to the frame 9, engages the last of the series of pins m on the cam e, and stops the shaft, cam and pointer in their initial position.

In operation, assuming the device to be intended as a police-signa ing box, the oflicer moves the arm 1' to some particular number, the ccirresponding rotation of the shaft 6' causing the selector bar 0', through cam e, arm 1: and link h, to be located above one of the lugsc on an arm b corresponding to a particular character-wheel, the rod z being held in position by engagement of one of the pins m with sprin n. By movement and release of the windi g arm 12, the clock train is set in motion and the character wheels rotated. As they rotate, the lug a on the arm b is dropped successively into thenotches of the character-wheel and raised therefrom, thereby, through the rod i and arm d causing the contacts f, f to be opened and closed, and a corresponding signal transmitted. The closing of the door of the box c uses the bar 0 to operate the lever 0 to rai e the spring arm n out of engagement with'the pin m, thus freeing the cam 12 and its shaft e which are then, by the spring a, restored to the initial position. A

AS shown in Fig. 4, each of the character wheels is provided with a series of notches, arranged in the same rela ion to each other to produce the same chara teristic signal, in

this case the box number 32-, and each wheel may have a notch or notches arranged to give. an additional distinctive signal to convey some further ,item of information. By arranging the notches of the characteristic signal in the same relation on ea h wheel, the manufacture, of such wheels is facilitated as a lthe characteristic s'ignal notches for the Wheels of-any box may, becut at the same operation. I

By cutting simultaneously algroup of Wheels? each having the necessary note-he's to lproducea. dist nctive signal,-a stock of wheels "for a ,box, each having its distinctive 'signal;- notches,- and assembling such wheels iwheels maybe ,kept on hand, and byv fifl-utl'ltlli tal ing the requisite number of such posed between said contacts and any one of saidicharacter wheels and thereby operatively associate any character wheel with the contacts, and means for operating'said selective member.

2. In a multiple signal transmitter, a circuit controller consisting of,a single pair of contacts, a series of character wheels, a selective mechanism arranged to .be adjusted to operatively associate any one of said character wheels Withthe circuit controller, and

means for operating said sglect'ive mech-' anism comprising a spring mechanism tending to resist theadjustin movement of said selective mechanism, a detent for holding said selective me hanism after adjustment thereof, and mean for automatically releasing said detent to allow the spring mechanism to restore the selective mechanism to its normal position.

3. In a multiple signal transmitter, a cir- 9o cuit controller. consisting of a single pair of contacts, a series of character wheels, a selective mechanism arranged to operatively associate any one of said character wheels with the ciro it controller and normally so 9.5

associated Witone of said character wheels, and means for operating said selective mechanism' compri 'ng a spring mechanism tending to resist the adjustin movement of said selective mechanism, a detent for holding said selective mechanism after adjustment thereof, and means for automatically releasing said detent to allow the spring mechanism to restore the selective mechanism to its normal. position.

v 4. In amultiple signal transmitter, a circuit-controller, a series of character-wheels, and a selective mechanism for causing any character-Wheel to. operate such circuit-com troller,acomprisinfgr a selecting device adapt- 11( ed to engage the circuit-controller, means for operating such device, and selectively-arranged members for cooperating with said selecting device and said character-wheels.

5. In a multiple signal transmitter, a cir- 1 1 cuit-controller, a series of character-wheel's mounted on the same'shaft, and a selective mechanism for causing any character-wheel to operate such circuit-controller, compris-,;\;

inga select-in device adapted to engage the 12% circuit-contro er, means'for (:perating such device, and selectively arrange members for cooperating with and selecting device and said character wheels.

6. In a multiple signal transmitter, a circuit'controller, a series of character-Wheels, and a selective mechanism for causing any character-wheel to operate such circuit-controller, comprising a selecting device adapt ed to engage the circuit-controller, means for operating such device, and arms coopcrating With said character-Wheels and having selectively-arranged lugs on such arms for cooperating with said selecting device.

7. In a multiple signal transmitter, a Circuit-controller, a series of character-Wheels, and a selective mechanism for causing any .-haracterwheel to operate such circuit-controller, comprising a selecting device adapted to engage the circuit-controller, means for moving such device to a selected position, and selectively-arranged members for coopcrating With said selecting device and said character-Wheels.

8. In a multiple signal transmitter, a circuit-controller, a series of character-Wheels, and a selective mechanism for causing any character-Wheel to operate such circuit-controller, comprising a selecting device adapted to engage the circuit-controller, means for moving such device to a selected position, means for holding it in such position, and selectively-arranged members for cooperating with said selecting device and said character-Wheels.

9. In a multiple signal transmitter, a circuit-cont-roller, a series of character-wheels, and a selective mechanism for causing any character-Wheel to operate such circuit-controller, comprising a selecting device adapted to engage the circuit-controller, means for moving such device to a selected position, yielding means for holding it in such position, and selectivelyarranged members for cooperating with said selecting device and said character-wheels.

30. In a multiple signal transmitter, a circuit-controller, a series of charactervvhecls, and a selective mechanism for causing any character-Wheel to operate such circuit-controller, comprising a selecting device adapted to engage the circuit'controller, means for moving such device to a selected position, means. for holding it in such position, means for restoring it to its initial position. and selectively-arranged membersfor coop rating With said selecting device and said character-Wheels.

11. In a multiple signal transmitter, a cirenit'controller, a series of character-wheels, and a selective mechanism for causing any character-wheel to operate such ClIClllilCOIlQ trollcr, comprising a selecting device adapt ed to engage the circuit-controller, means for moving such device to a selected position, including a pointer and dial, and selectively-arranged members for cooperating With said selecting device and said charac ter-whecls.

12. In a multiple signal transmitter, acircuitcontrollcr, a series of character-wheels, and a selective mechanism for causing any charactenwheel to operate such circuit-controller, comprising a suitably marked. dial, a pointer, a shaft for said pointer, a cam on said shaft, pins on said cam corresponding to the marks on the dial, a spring holder engaging such pins, a selecting device engaging such cam, and selectively-arranged members for cooperating with said selecting device and said character-Wheels.

13. In a multiple signal transmitter, a circraitcontroller, a series of character-Wheels, and a selective mechanism for causing any character-Wheel to operate such circuit-com troller, comprising a suitably marked dial, a pointer, a shaft for said pointer, a cam on said shaft, a selecting device engaging such cam, and selectively-arranged members for cooperating With said selecting device and said character-Wheels.

14. In a multiple signal transmitter, a circuit-controller, a series of character-wheels, and a selective mechanism for causin any character-wheel to operate such circuit-controller, comprising a suitably marked dial, a pointer, a shaft for said pointer, a retracting spring on said shaft, a cam on said shaft, pins on said cam corresponding to the marks on the dial, a spring holder engaging such pins, means for disengaging said sv ring holder, a selecting device engaging suc cam, and selectively-arranged members for c0- operating with said selecting device and said character-Wheels.

15. In a multiple signal transmitter, a circuit-controller, a series of character-Wheels,

a series of arms having members engaging sald characteravhcels, :1 lug on each arm,

the lugs being selectively arranged With reference to each other, a selecting device, means for moving it to engage any one of said lugs, and means for operatively con meeting the selecting device and circuit-controller.

16. In a multiple signal transmitter, a circuit-controller, a series of character-wheels, a series of arms having members engaging said character-wheels, a lug on each arm, the lugs being selectively arranged with referenoe to each other, a selecting device com prising a bar extending transversely across the arms, means for moving it to engage any one of said lugs, and means for operatively .a

connecting the selecting device and circuitcontroller.

17, In a multiple signal. LItLDSIIllttEI, a cirwit-controller, a series of character-Wheels,

a series of arms having members engaging said (hi1i'ziwier-vsizveis. a ingon each arm, the lugs being s (thinly arranged with reference to each other. :1 selecting device comprising a bar extending transversely across the arms, means for moving it to engage any one of said lugs, and a pivoted lever having its free end between the bar and circuitcontroller.

18. In a signaling system, a series of signaling boxes each having a group of character Wheels, each wheel of each box being f notched for :1 disiinetive signed this distinci tlYQ notchmg being the same in the corre i sponriiing Wheel of each box. each Wheel of I each box being also notched for the characteristic signal of such box.

| In testimony WiIQIQOf. I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CLARENCE E. BEACH.

Witnesses:

H. N. PURPLE, I M. L. THOMAS.

addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). C. 

